A lot has changed since you've been gone. Mother and I tried to get you out of prison, but obviously failed. I ran into Mrs. Weera at the market one day and she has come to live with us. I have cut my hair very short so that I can disguise myself as a boy. This has allowed me to be able to continue your reading and writing services at the market. I hate to tell you this, but I also spent some time digging up bones in a cemetery. It was a dark time and the images still haunt me, but it was worth three times the pay of working at the market. I made enough money to buy a tray to sell things from, so I was able to quit that terrifying job. I've been doing my best to keep our family going while you've been away. It's been exhausting most days, but I've also enjoyed some of my freedoms as a boy. Nooria is going to be married. Mother, Nooria, and the others left for Mazar today. I now feel a deep sadness. No one in my family is left. I hope you can come back soon! I miss you dearly.

Your Little Malali,
Parvana

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Student

11/4/2015 12:41:58 pm

Ms. Wescott, your letter is very detailed. I liked how you explained how Parvana and her mother tried to free Father from prison.

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Paige

11/4/2015 10:24:58 am

Dear Father,

Much has happened since you were arrested. I got turned into a boy and have been selling my services, bone digging, and selling items from trays like cigarettes, and packs of gum with my friend, Shauzia. Mrs. Weera and her granddaughter moved in with us. Her and mother have started crazy, dangerous stuff like a woman's group, a magazine, and a secret school.
The big thing that happened lately is that Nooria is getting married. She is moving to Mazar, where she can go to school and get a job. She will even be able to roam the streets without a Burqua. All this stuff is overwhelming me so. I just wish you could be here to see it all. Your face and the family is what keeps me going everyday. Your little Malali misses you.

Sincerely,
Parvana

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Abigale

11/4/2015 10:32:04 am

Paige,
I really liked how you put your letter into 2 paragraphs and how you explained how life has been, Also how you are feeling and doing and what you have experianced

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Joshua D.

11/4/2015 10:25:09 am

Dear Father,

Hi its me Parvana your Malali i'm writing to you about what's been going on. Well for starter's Nooria's getting married and moving to Mazar-e-Sharif i"m staying here waiting for you to get out of prison. I'm also a boy now and i'm going out to the market each day but I still miss you and I hope you get out of prison soon.

Sincerely Parvana

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ayden

11/4/2015 10:30:02 am

I like how you added a lot of facts. I like how you add facts that they didn't tell in the stroy

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:33:18 am

I like how you started your Letter :D. But what happened to Ms.Weera and what is Parvana doing since Farther has been gone?

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Josh D.

11/4/2015 10:35:52 am

Yeah i guess i forgot about her :P

Chayce

11/4/2015 10:25:18 am

Dear Father,

I have been dressing and acting like a boy. I have been selling things and doing your work. I sometimes dig up bones for lots of money. I met my friend Shauzia from school and she is doing the same thing as me dressing and acting like a boy. Mother has left for Mazar with Nooria and the little ones. Nooria is getting married. I'm feeling sad without you here. It is hard without you. Mrs.Weera is home watching me I hope you come home soon. I'm saving extra money to get you out of jail and to move out of Taliban territory. I hope you get out soon

Your Loving Daughter ,
Parvana

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:27:59 am

Could you please tell me where Ms.Weera came from?

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Josh D.

11/4/2015 10:29:43 am

Nice letter Chayce I think you used a lot of detail writing this amd it was great

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nick v

11/4/2015 10:32:19 am

i dont get the first line

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Abby

11/4/2015 10:35:21 am

Chayce,
I like how you explaind that Parvana is saving up money to get hime out of prison and to move out of the Talibans territory I like how you placed everything out and put it in the order it went.

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Gage

11/4/2015 01:00:32 pm

Nice job Chayce,i really like how much detail you added

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:25:53 am

Dear Farther

It has been rough without you,until that is i bumped into Ms.Weera and she changed everything. They had the idea to change me into a boy. Since I am now a boy everyone can now have outside time time to time. I bumped into a tea boy 1 day and discoverd it was Shauzia. She was doing the same thing as us! We make enough money for food and sometimes there are good days and get a little extra. Shuazia over heard that there was a way to make a lot of money so we tried it. The thing was bone digging. We did it a couple and we earned enough money to buy trays so we can sell stuff and move with the crowed! Now Norria is getting married and going to move to Marzar. Mother and the rest of the family are going to escort them there. Write back as soon as you can!

Love - Parvana

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Paige

11/4/2015 10:29:03 am

I like how you put the events in order and it felt like Parvana was accually writing the letter. :p

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:34:09 am

Thx :D

Chayce

11/4/2015 10:32:39 am

I agree with Paige good job Austin.

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:35:49 am

You did really well Chyce its just that you did not mention where Ms.Weera came from. Other wise Great better than mine :D

ayden

11/4/2015 10:26:21 am

Dear father,

I have been disguised as a boy so I can get money for the family.Ms.Weera is now living with us.Nooria is getting married and moving to Mazor to go to school and to get a job I bought a tray to sell bubble gum cigrets. I ran into shazia who was perneting to be a tea boy. I had to dig up bones with shazia to get money

love parvana

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Chayce

11/4/2015 10:30:03 am

I liked your letter maybe you can add more details as you go and i liked how you added the detail about the tray.

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:40:23 am

same here

Abigale

11/4/2015 10:27:44 am

Dear Father,

Since you have been gone what life has been like for me is, I have now turned into a boy as reading and writing letters. Also what I have been doing is selling ciggaretts and digging up bones. What I have seen and experianced is I saw my friend Shauzia from school andis a tea boy raising money for her family just like me. I have also experianced life as a boy and life without you. I am feeling really sad because Nooria is getting married and Ali and mother went to Mazar in Afghanistan for the wedding reseption. And while they are gone I am staying home with Mrs.Weera. WHile you have been gone I am making money for the family to purchase food.
P.S We all love you and miss you while you are in prison hope to see you soon.

Love,
Parvana

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nicholas v

11/4/2015 10:30:27 am

dear father

I hope you are doing good . I've been going to work.I've cut my hair off and been wearing Hossain old clothes. What i do for work is me and this girl Shauzia digs up bones out of the graveyard and sells them for money. Mrs weera is living with us Nooria is getting married. so they are all gone except for me and Mrs weera . its been tough and before she said she was getting married mom slept for 3 days straight.

From Parvana

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Chayce

11/4/2015 10:34:38 am

Good job but what do you mean about Hossain old cloth

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Erin

11/4/2015 10:35:11 am

Well I think you need to capitalize some word's like I always need's to be capitalized otherwise your letter is great

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kai

11/4/2015 10:40:24 am

i agree with you !!!

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Erin

11/4/2015 10:31:26 am

Dear Father,

I miss you ever since you have been in jail things have been different. Mother and and Mrs.Weera made me a boy so I could get money and go to the market to buy food. And I meet another girl while I was out side named Shauzia she was at my old school she was dressed as a tea boy too. Well I will get right to it I think you will be mad at me, but i had to dig up bones to get more money with Shauzia and Mrs.Weera and her grand daughter are living with us. Last Nooria is getting married in Mazar and only me and Mrs.Weera and her grand daughter are staying back I would love to tell you more but Mrs.Weera is calling me.

Love and never forget Parvanna

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:37:26 am

And i meet another girl? Do you mean met another girl?

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kassidy

11/4/2015 10:41:23 am

I really like how you talked about Shauzia because i didnt do that and that was a big part

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caleb

11/4/2015 11:57:14 am

i liked how you said mrs weera is calling you. it really feels like you are parvana

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kai

11/4/2015 10:33:05 am

hello father it has been rough without you i have to dress like a boy and sell stuff off a tray.I cut my hair to look like a boy. I've been reading your books. sister is geting married. I stayed home and they went to mazar for the wedding i miss you so much. love parvana

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nick v

11/4/2015 10:36:58 am

u should of talked about bone digging

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Josh D.

11/4/2015 10:38:21 am

I think you need more detail
:P

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Logan

11/4/2015 10:33:28 am

Dear Father,
The family has been well.How have you been. I cut my hair to get money so we can eat. I saw a girl from my class that was a tea boy. Nooria is getting married and she is going to the city of Mazar. They are coming home in October. I hope you come home soon. I miss you. We all miss you
Love your,
Malali

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Wesley

11/4/2015 10:37:38 am

I like how you added that she cut her hair.

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:38:50 am

I like how you said the date of when they come back very detailed :D

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Wesley

11/4/2015 10:34:58 am

Dear Father,

This is Parvana. how are you doing? Life for me and the rest is fine I got a job selling things from a tray and I am making money for the family but Mother and Nooria disguised me as a boy. and I've done so many things like bring Maren and Ali to the tap. and I am a reader and writer like you. and I've gotten used to being a boy. and Nooria is getting married so mother and ,Ali ,Mrium are going to Mazar for the wedding.

Sincerely,
Pavana

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kassidy

11/4/2015 10:36:40 am

Dear Father,

Hello father since you have been in jail I still am working as a letter reader and writer.I have experienced a lot and I read a letter to a Talib and realized Talibs have feelings.I feel great and I am getting a lot of money for the family.Oh and did I tell you Mrs.Weera and her son is living with us now and helping us that's two more to feed but she's helping us a lot .And your pry wondering how I am doing all this work I am a boy now and Nooria is moving out of the house because,she's getting married.Your Malali

Sincerely,
Parvana

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Chayce

11/4/2015 10:38:05 am

I like your letter and all your facts are in order good job

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Josh T.

11/4/2015 10:38:19 am

if i was parvana I would say dear father since you've been gone ms werra has moved in and i have to dress like a boy to go to work and i met a kid at school and ive been through so much all ready i had to dig up bones and i seen some one get there arm chopped off. mother is starting up a magazine company with ms werra and norias getting married in bazar

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Alanna

11/4/2015 10:38:40 am

Dear Father,

Since you have been in jail, lot's of things have happened. I have cut my hair to go get the thing's we need to survive . And me and my friend Shauzia a friend from when I went to school. we have started digging up bones, to make lot's of money for our family's to survive. Being a boy is not that easy, i have to worry about possibly getting caught. And also father i have been doing good so is the rest. How are you doing? But father I hate to tell you as much as i hate it to. Norria is getting married , and won't be back for a while!!! she said she was gonna get married and go to school where girls can go to school in Mazar. And go to a university and mabey be a teacher. Mom and the rest of the family went , and i'm staying here with nice mrs.weera. until the family gets back in September or October.

Sincerely
Parvana

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Lejla

11/4/2015 10:40:59 am

I love all the detail and information you added.

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lejla

11/4/2015 10:38:48 am

Dear Father,

There have been a lot of things that have happened to me here in Kabul since you've gone to prison. I went to a soccer stadium to sell things of my tray and I experienced horror because the Taliban were killing prisoners. I hope they don't take you there. I'm disguising myself as a boy and working to get money for the family, that's why I was in the stadium. I had many jobs like: A letter reader and writer, Bone digger, and know selling things of trays. One day I say a girl from my old school, she's also disguising herself as a boy too. Everyday we would work together, she used to be a tea-boy but, since she met me we both started having different jobs together. There have been some good and bad times like a lot of times since I'm disguised as a boy I can take Nooria and Maryum and since Nooria can go outside she takes Ali. One bad time was the soccer stadium, but everyday the bad thing is the hot sun and having to work all day through it. By the way Mrs. Weera has come to live with us and her and mother have started a news paper and Mrs. Weera has also started a school for girls around Maryum's age with Nooria. She also tells stories but there not as good as yours. Do you know that Nooria is getting married!! She's going to move in with her new family and go to school in Mazar where the Taliban don't roam the streets everyday. Enough about me how's prison? What do you do to make time fly by? Father I love you and I hope all is well and I hope all will end well.
Sincerely,
Parvana

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Chayce

11/4/2015 10:41:15 am

good job

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Alanna

11/4/2015 10:41:45 am

I love the detail.

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ANGELITA

11/4/2015 12:10:56 pm

it is so detail.
good job

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Fletcher

11/4/2015 10:39:17 am

Dear Father,

Life has been different since you have been in jail. I meet Mrs.Mrs.Weera one day and now she lives with us.Mother Nooria and Mrs.Weera decided to dress me up as a boy so I could get us food and sell stuff.Another big change is that Nooria is getting married! She got a letter from our old neighbor saying that their son and Nooria should get married.They would live in a place were women can go outside and she can finish school.Sincerely Parvana

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Trysten

11/4/2015 10:39:53 am

Dear Father

I have been going out to the market by my self and selling things from a tray with my old classmate. The reason I have not been caught is because mother and Nooria helped me look like a boy so I can go out as much as I want. Also I was selling some things in stadium from the tray and I saw some prisoners get there arms chopped off and I hope that you will stay safe from the Talib. And the last thing that i am going to leave you with is that nooria is getting married to the man next door and they are going to another part of Afghanistan to go to school and learn how to be a teacher.

From
Parvana

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ralph

11/4/2015 10:40:06 am

dear father I have something to tell you Noora is geting married up north.How are you doing now I am disguised as a boy because we were running out of food and MRS weera thought of the idea and MRS weera and her grand child are staying with me.My freind shauzia is disguised as a boy To.By dad love you

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Austin

11/4/2015 10:41:24 am

You forgot your caps Ralph

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arriel

11/4/2015 10:40:34 am

Dear Father
it been rough we tried to get you out of person
they beat us up they turned me in to a boy we go to the market
but I Digg up bones I get payed more then 3 days I sell cigerants
and gum with a friend last Friday i just got told norrio geting married

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dasean

11/4/2015 10:40:58 am

DEAR FATHER.

It's parvana. we miss you we have lot to to talk about i have to act like a boy now to make money i don't make
a lot money just for some food an I bumped in mrs. weera and shauzia she has do the same job as me she is a tea boy and shauzia told me a job she douse ,,, digging up bones i said she makes big cash she ask me if i want to do the job i said yes but i stop now i go make to selling things from parvana

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ANDRUE

11/4/2015 10:41:38 am

dear father

It has been a little bit of every thing since you left boring,exiting,sad,and scary. I have cut my hair and am wearing hasaims clothes and i have done a little bit of every job to. first i was reading letters then i was digging up bones now i sell gum and cigarets from a silver tray. Also nooria is getting married to our neighbor the one when we were little. also mrs.weara lives with us well me because they are moving in with him till October but that's it for now.

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angelita

11/4/2015 12:14:06 pm

good details good job

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Ms. Wescott

11/4/2015 10:56:11 am

Dear Father,

A lot has changed since you've been gone. Mother and I tried to get you out of prison, but obviously failed. I ran into Mrs. Weera at the market one day and she has come to live with us. I have cut my hair very short so that I can disguise myself as a boy. This has allowed me to be able to continue your reading and writing services at the market. I hate to tell you this, but I also spent some time digging up bones in a cemetery. It was a dark time and the images still haunt me, but it was worth three times the pay of working at the market. I made enough money to buy a tray to sell things from, so I was able to quit that terrifying job. I've been doing my best to keep our family going while you've been away. It's been exhausting most days, but I've also enjoyed some of my freedoms as a boy. Nooria is going to be married. Mother, Nooria, and the others left for Mazar today. I now feel a deep sadness. No one in my family is left. I hope you can come back soon! I miss you dearly.

Your Little Malali,
Parvana

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Darby D

11/4/2015 12:14:06 pm

Where is your writing.

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angelita

11/4/2015 12:15:54 pm

i like how you did your little malali
then parvana

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Caleb

11/4/2015 11:49:29 am

Dear father,
I cannot believe i am able to write to you. so much has changed. Nooria is getting married and leaving kabul. i am a boy now and i have been filling in for you at the market.my classmate from school shauzia is a tea boy! father, i am feeling very glad to be able to write to you!
love,parvana

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aria

11/4/2015 12:08:30 pm

'I' is always capitalized. otherwise, i like the enthusiasm. parvana would be VERY excited to wright to her dad

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Darby D

11/4/2015 12:17:52 pm

hey i like how you detailed your paper

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Logan B

11/4/2015 11:52:17 am

hey dad noria is getting married and i am now a boy and i have your job mom is doing well
and noria is moving to a better place i met a old friend who also is now a boy i miss you bye

love parvana

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Aaron

11/4/2015 11:55:36 am

Nice job Logan! You were very descriptive of your words. You might want to add more to the story and add on to each thing like Nooria getting married or Parvana meeting her friend, stuff like that. Other than that very nice!

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david

11/4/2015 12:00:28 pm

I was going to say that to

zach

11/4/2015 12:06:53 pm

Logan I like how descriptive you were you may want to just capitalize you I's.

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ayden b

11/4/2015 12:12:22 pm

I like that you included all that is going on in pavanas live

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Aaron

11/4/2015 11:52:35 am

Dear Father,

Life has been the hardest, first I had to transform to a boy, second I had to start working and finally Mrs. Weera and her grand daughter came to stay during these times. I saw an old friend from school at the market playing a role as a teaboy and her name is Shauzia. Also I had to experience working long hours each day selling things and bone digging. I'd also like to say that Nooria is getting married and will be going to a part of Afghanistan where there is no Taliban. Finally, I have been feeling tired cause of working countless hours, and seeing other inmates heads being cut off, I'm trying to erase that memory of seeing it, but I can't.

Your little Malali

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david

11/4/2015 11:55:23 am

I like how you said malali

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Logan B

11/4/2015 12:02:56 pm

me to

Logan B

11/4/2015 11:59:17 am

i like how you said ur a boy now

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Grace

11/4/2015 12:21:59 pm

I like how you used good detail :)

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david

11/4/2015 11:53:01 am

dear father, Parvana here. Our lives have changed so much ever since you got taken away from the Taliban. To start off since we didn't have a man in the house any more everyone in the family decided that I should become a boy. At first I thought Nooria should do it because she is bigger and her voice is deeper. Also mrs.weera has come to stay with us permenantly. And, here's the really big news. Nooria is getting married! The announcement just came out of now where. So that's an update on what has been going on. I hope you get out soon
sincerely, parvana

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ryan b

11/4/2015 12:00:21 pm

Nice details. I like it.

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david

11/4/2015 12:02:00 pm

why thank you

Aaron

11/4/2015 12:00:42 pm

Very nice work David! Great letter, I like the way you chose your words. Very descriptive, but might I say that you should make the words after dear and before sincerely a paragraph, then you won't have to cramp all the words, other than that very nice!

This has been AAR0N and I'm gone

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ryan

11/4/2015 12:08:51 pm

hey david i like the way you work hard on this i can see everything

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Emily

11/4/2015 12:21:00 pm

david,
i like how you say there lifes have changed from the talaban

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Ben

11/4/2015 11:55:59 am

Dear father
Nooria is getting married,and Mrs.Weera is living with us.I met Shauzia, an old friend at school,and both dress up as boys and sell items at the market.Once we went in to the stadium and say men get there arms get cut off by the Taliban.Also at the market I fill your shoes as a letter reader and writer.I miss you father and I hope you return to us

your little Malillia, Parvana

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david

11/4/2015 11:58:33 am

when you said ' once we went into the stadium and say men get there arms cut off' you said and say did you mean and saw

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dakota

11/4/2015 11:59:44 am

you need to fix your spelling but other then that you did good i like how you said your little malillia and you where descriptive with your words good job. : )

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dakota

11/4/2015 11:56:15 am

Hi father its parvanna i just want to tell you that we are doing good.Mom just gave us big news Noorias getting married.Since your gone i am earning money for the family by dressing as a boy.During a day at the market you will never guess who i ran into a girl from my old schooling days.she is also dressed as a boy to earn money for her family.She figured out that we could earn more money by digging up bones so that's what we did for a couple days.It was gross touching those bones i almost had to stop but i kept going for our family.I hope your doing good and i want you to come home i miss you dad.

your daughter
Parvanna

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Ben

11/4/2015 12:06:30 pm

nice job,just remember to capitalize your I's.;)

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Ryan B.

11/4/2015 11:57:53 am

Dear Father,

I know you may not be very happy right now, so I'm writing this letter to make you happy. First of all, Nooria is getting married. Mrs. Weera is staying with me while everyone else is going to Mazar for the wedding. Also, since no one here can provide for the family, I am dressing as a boy and have taken over your letter reading and writing. I ran into my friend Shauzia and were selling thins off trays. In the last months I have seen and done many things I regret, but when I remember I did it for my family, I'm glad I did it.

Your Loving Daughter,
Parvana

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Andre

11/4/2015 12:01:53 pm

Hey Ryan, I Like this a lot but its weird that you just put things in a random order plus it didnt even have all the information. mine didnt have a lot of it either but u just said stuff, sorry for being so negative but this is actually pretty good just weird.

sorry ;(

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ryan b

11/4/2015 12:05:19 pm

what do you mean in random order

Grant

11/4/2015 12:17:38 pm

I think what Andre is saying is that you put stuff in randum order like how you put Nooria getting married before Parvana as a boy. I'm I right Andre?

Anonymous 4 bros lawn service

11/4/2015 12:22:01 pm

yes u r grant.... yes u r!!!

Julian

11/4/2015 11:58:22 am

Dear Father,

how are you doing in there? me and Noora and mother miss you
i am going to tell you this now so you wont get upset when you come out i've been digging up bones for money.guess what Noora is getting married its kinda been the same over here are they treating you okay in there it was nice writing you. love parvana

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david

11/4/2015 12:04:38 pm

your first I has to be upper cased

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samantha

11/4/2015 12:05:16 pm

can you please explain a little bit more.

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ryan b

11/4/2015 12:07:01 pm

great job but you should capitalize your I

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Andre

11/4/2015 11:58:31 am

Dear Father,
A lot of things have changed since you have gone, but I cant help not to say that things have gotten... better. I'm taking your job, but every now and then everyone gets some sunshine. How you might ask? Well i'm disguised as a boy. Last Friday and days before that i did and saw somethings i wish to unsee and do, but the latest news i have is that Noorias getting married. Mother, Nooria and the little ones have all gone to Mazar to do Noorias wedding. Have i mentioned that Mrs. Weera is looking after me, and she lives with us now. That's all the news for now.

Love,
Your Little Malali

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dakota

11/4/2015 12:02:11 pm

i like how you where very descriptive with your words good job buddy. : )

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Andre

11/4/2015 12:04:31 pm

tank u

Caleb

11/4/2015 12:05:07 pm

I enjoyed that you said "your little mamali" but i think you should have mentioned shauzia

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Grant

11/4/2015 12:05:31 pm

Nice details but make sure to capitalize the I's.

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ryan b

11/4/2015 12:08:23 pm

I really like the Malali part, but I think you should add more details.

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Andre

11/4/2015 12:14:56 pm

WDYM

samantha

11/4/2015 12:00:04 pm

Dear Father,
Life is hard since you have been in jail.I have feel sad that you are in prison. I'm at home with ms. Ware since Nora,Mother,Ali and Mary-aim is in mazar to see Nora to get married.A seacert school was started right at home.Mother,ms. Ware and Nora cut off my hair so we can have food and I have been working at your job.

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Arieanna

11/4/2015 12:12:40 pm

I like the way you added alot of thing and cool pargraphys

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aria

11/4/2015 12:14:22 pm

nice. however, the names are Ms.Weera, Nooria, Ali, and Maryam.
no one else I read added about the s-e-c-r-e-t school.

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arieanna

11/4/2015 12:22:11 pm

you did not spell words rigth

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Ky'Nicka

11/4/2015 12:00:36 pm

Dear Father,

mother had turned me into a boy i hope you not mad.btw It's been a long time sinsen i saw you,a lot of stuff is going on right now.

mom and the rest went to MANIA!!!! and I stayed here with auntie,so im a boy now and that and that mean we never is going to go hurrgy every again!!!

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david

11/4/2015 12:05:48 pm

you mentioned you are a boy twice

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Julian

11/4/2015 12:11:03 pm

i like how you put details and you act like you were parvana good job ky'Nicka

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kynicka

11/4/2015 12:20:33 pm

thankyou

Grant

11/4/2015 12:02:21 pm

Hello Father,

Life has been different without you. First of all, since we did not have a male in the family, mother cut my hair and put me in Hossian's clothes so I could buy and sell item's at the market. Also, my old gym teacher, Mrs. Weera, is living with us. My friend Shazia and I dug up bones so we could buy trays to move around and sell. Do you know are neighbor? Nooria is marring him. I'm tired, sad, and have many more emotions.

sincerely,
Parvana

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Zach

11/4/2015 12:10:08 pm

Grant I like your work! that one sentence should be our not are at the end.

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ryan b

11/4/2015 12:11:26 pm

good job but I noticed a few thins. Firstly, Nooria is marrying their old neighbor. And Shauzia has an u after the a

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4 Bros Lawn Service Bro Aaron

11/4/2015 12:11:27 pm

Awesome job Grant!!!!!!! Great story, great choice of words and the letter was just amazing!

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4 bros lawn service bro david

11/4/2015 12:14:31 pm

really aaron

4 bros lawn service bro BEn

11/4/2015 12:14:21 pm

great job grant,it makes it seem like parvana is writing the letter

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tyanna

11/4/2015 12:21:36 pm

Awesome job grant nice letter and i love your wording

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Ryan H

11/4/2015 12:02:32 pm

Dear Father,

I really miss you. I hope you will come back to us. its been strange for the last few days. my big sister Nooria is getting married. i hope you will be at the wedding. its its really hard for you to be in jail i know its a bad place. i wonder whats its like i do not want to be in their. i hope i see you again. sincerely parvana.

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david

11/4/2015 12:13:05 pm

good job sen'or

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ryan

11/4/2015 12:19:12 pm

thank you plus i only have 3 friends nobody else whats to be my friend

aria

11/4/2015 12:03:15 pm

dear uncle,

it is your nephew, kassim. [I] have t[a]ken over your letter reading business. I a[m] also selling cigarettes off a tray. aunt Fatina, Nooria, maryam and ali are all away. they are at Nooria's wedding! things are going [p]retty well, we [ar]e getting along [v]ery nicely,considering the circumst[an]ces.

ple[a]se come back, there is much, much more to tell you,
kassim

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Andrew A.

11/4/2015 12:13:28 pm

I like the hidden message you put in the letter

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samantha

11/4/2015 12:14:46 pm

i liked that you put a seacert message in your letter.

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zach

11/4/2015 12:03:31 pm

Dear father,
How are you doing? what does the jail look like?My life has changed a lot I got a new job I dig up bones now for a living I get paid more. guess what? Nooria is getting married can you belief that! They are moving up to the north end where there are no Taliban. I stayed home with Mrs. Weera they will be back in the end of summer. and guess what else Mrs.weera has moved in with us permanently. We started a small school in our apartment. I met my school friend her name is Shausia. Mom and Mrs. Weera turned me into a boy and so did shausia's parents.Me and her dig up the bones together, with the extra money me and shausia bought trays now we sell cigarettes, matches and gum.We went into the soccer dome to sell our things but we found our self with the Taliban cutting off theifs hands.there is a suspicious woman throwing items at me out of s window.
Love, Parvana

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dakota

11/4/2015 12:05:09 pm

i like how you asked all those questions and it looked like you took your time on it.:)

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Grant

11/4/2015 12:09:33 pm

Yours was so good, It made me feel like Parvana was writing this letter. Nice job.

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Zach

11/4/2015 12:15:15 pm

Thanks grant yours was very good also!!!!!!! :]

Ben

11/4/2015 12:10:00 pm

NICE JOB,ZACH!!!

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zach

11/4/2015 12:17:10 pm

Ben yours was amazing!!!!!Great job!!!!! :]

tyanna

11/4/2015 12:20:23 pm

I like how you asked a lot of questions .

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Aaron

11/4/2015 12:04:50 pm

GOOD JOB EVERYONE THAT'S POSTED THEIR LETTERS!! I'VE READ EVERYONE'S SO FAR AND ALSO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!

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Arieanna

11/4/2015 12:04:57 pm

Dear Father,
my life has been ok since you have left from home.I am having a tragic life and yeah I sell your goods at the market everyday .One happy thing I want to tell you is that Nooria is getting married and mom left and went to Mazar and I stayed home with Mrs.Weera .

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samantha

11/4/2015 12:19:41 pm

you forgot to put an closing

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Jaiden

11/4/2015 12:05:06 pm

Dear father I had to dress up as a boy because you are gone and I have been doing your job and Mrs.Weera moved in because mom was dipresd that you were gone and nooria is getting maride mom and the little ones left for noorias wedding.

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dakota

11/4/2015 12:07:30 pm

it is a little to short to be a letter though and you didnt say anything about shauzia and the mystery person other then those you did a good job trying.

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david

11/4/2015 12:08:00 pm

you spelled depressed wrong

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Ayden Byrd

11/4/2015 12:07:18 pm

since you've been in jail, Mother turned me into a boy so I could get food for the family. I haven't gotten caught yet. I also ran into a friend from school, she also got turned into a boy . My friend had an idea, and it was to dig up bones from the graves. We did it, but when I got home I could not resist not telling the family what I did that day. So I told them. Mrs. Werra is living with us now, and I just found out that Noria is getting married. They just left to go to Mazar, the good thing is that there are no talabs there.
love: Parvana

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david

11/4/2015 12:09:10 pm

nooria is spelled nooria

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dakota

11/4/2015 12:09:46 pm

you should of said stuff about the stadium and the mystery girl but you did a good job about being descriptive with your words.:)

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Ryan B

11/4/2015 12:13:36 pm

good but you should add dear father to the first sentence

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dakota

11/4/2015 12:21:10 pm

i agree with ryan

angelita

11/4/2015 12:22:21 pm

lot of details good job.

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angelita

11/4/2015 12:08:11 pm

dear father
life been good and i miss you a lot and i seen a lot so far and I was selling Sp. oh yeah mom that it was a good idea to make me a boy so i can take over your job and to get food for the family and i went to go sale Sp. and i seen a lot that no children should see i seen prisoners get there arm chop off and i want with my friend shauzia from school when her dad died she did the same thing too she trying to move to french cause it is beautiful there she was a tea boy and now she working with me selling things you want to listen to the bad new norea is getting married to this guy she want to go to school with.
she going to move there with him and mama and the kids went with her and i wanted to stay with mrs.weera to work more hope you see this letter

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david

11/4/2015 12:10:15 pm

in your first sentence what is SP

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dakota

11/4/2015 12:12:30 pm

you worked hard and did a good job with wriing you where very descriptive with your words good job doing your best.: )

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tyanna

11/4/2015 12:18:43 pm

I like how you talked about what you were selling but what is sp and start you dear father with a capital

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Katherine

11/4/2015 12:08:57 pm

Dear Father,

Parvana should stay as a boy, Nooria is getting married, I haven't thinking about you,am sad it's really sad about that you left, but i know i am never going to forget you because you are on my heart and you always will be on my heart i love you so much miss you.

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david

11/4/2015 12:11:35 pm

in your first sentence it say's that you weren't thinking about him

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Andrew A.

11/4/2015 12:10:22 pm

Dear Father,

I wish you were here! I had to become a boy so i can go out and get food for the family. I'm a letter reader like you, and I sit in the same we use to. Sometimes, something drops on my head from a window that's right above me. One time when I was sitting waiting for a customer, I spotted one of my friends Shauzia from from school disguised as a boy too! She was a tea boy. We met up and bone digging for money. We saved up enough extra money that we bought trays and stuff to sell on them like cigarettes, gum packets, and lighters. Oh, I almost forgot! Nooria's getting married! Her Mother, Ali, and Marium went to Mazar.

Love,
Parvana

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Darby Dalman

11/4/2015 12:12:11 pm

Dear Father,
I am fine mother is fine and Mrs. Werrias is living with us since you have been in jail. Oh i am a boy and i am taking over your job right now a Taliban solder ask me to read a letter and when i was reading it i heard the solder start to cry i found they have feeling too. Oh i almost forgot Nooria`s is getting married, So Ali, marryam and mother is going to the wedding i hope they will be safe and not get arrested. Do you know what happens at this thing call a statum well if you don`t they cut off thief hands that is not right i do not want that to happen to you.
Love you, Parvanna

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dakota

11/4/2015 12:15:44 pm

good job being descriptive with your words i think you tryed your best and you added detail but you spelled mrs.werra wrong but other then that good job

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tyanna

11/4/2015 12:17:18 pm

good job i like how you put lots of details

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Andre

11/4/2015 12:18:57 pm

i like this but u forgot capitals and places where u shouldve put periods , other than that it was the best i think its the best 1!!!!

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Ben

11/4/2015 12:20:05 pm

nice job Darby,remember to capitalize your I's

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Andrew A.

11/4/2015 12:22:32 pm

I like your letter but you should capitalize your "I's" and who is Ms. Werrias?

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Katherine

11/4/2015 12:14:44 pm

good job angelita i like it

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Ty'Anna

11/4/2015 12:15:42 pm

Dear Father,

I have been thinking about you I really miss you. Something good has happened, Nooria is getting married. Mother and Mrs. Weera are making a magazine. They also started a school. Meanwhile, I have been turned into a boy. I also met one of my friends from school and her name is Shazia. She's really nice. It has been really quiet since mother, Nooria, Ali, and Maryam went to Mazar. I have been thinking about you and it has made me really sad, but I am okay now. Oh, I almost forgot I am the one who go gets water and food I still sell thing at the market . I am sad and happy at the same time. I am confused. Talk to you later I love you and come home soon.

I have seen a lot and done a lot while you were gone.
one thing I was turned into Hassan and I took over your job.
I also did another job it might be disgusting but,sorry to say the job I did was dug up dead peoples bones.I met an old friend you might know her as shauzia she is an old friend and also I am selling your stuff at the market also I got a tray and started selling cigarettes matches and other small stuff there is one important thing I want to tell you that nooria is getting married her and mother and the little ones are gone but will be back soon also i want to tell you that i miss you and that when you come back our life will be back to normal and we can go back to sitting on the blanket and enjoying our self and hope you the best and come back home soon .PS. also don't go to the soccer field on Fridays because I made that mistake and they will cut off prisoners hands off and I don't want that to happen to you.

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your little Malali

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Grace

11/4/2015 12:19:58 pm

Dear father,
Things have been well sense you've been gone.Mrs.Weera,one of my old teachers,has moved in and helped put our family back.Sense you've been gone mother and Mrs Weera helped me get disguised as a boy.I work in the mafket selling cigarettes,and gum.One day in the market a tea boy ran into my blanket.It was one of my old friends!Shauzia.Me and Shauzia went bone digging so we could get trays to sell more things.Mother and Mrs. Weera have also started a magazine, and plan to get it published. They've also started a private school with five girls including her little sister Maryam.
Also Nooria is getting Married!Mother,Maryam,and Ali have also gone with Nooria.If it goes well we'll move there too.I want them to come home.Including Nooria!
Also this woman that lives in the house behind keeps giving me secret little gifts as if to tell me something.I don't know what but hopefully sooner or later I'll find out.
I wish you'd come home!I hope your doing fine,
love,Parvana

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Sarah

11/4/2015 12:21:58 pm

Dear Father,
I have seen and heard so much.I will start by saying that I saw men getting their arms cut off.Nooria is geeting married.Know i'm a boy.I took your job but that did'int last long because I ran into a old friend at my old school i have to go love you

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Gibson

11/4/2015 12:22:31 pm

Dear Father,

Ever since you were arrested, a lot of things have happened;
First, me and Mother tried to break you out of prison, but it didn't work.
When we got home, our feet were bloody and raw,and a few seconds later Mother laid on the toshak, and cried for a few days. On the 4th day we ran out of food. I asked what I should buy, and went shopping.
All I got was some nan before I saw a Taliban, and ran for my life. I ran into Mrs. Weera and her grandchild along the way. We went home together and we realized we were out of water and I went out to get some. I made 7 trips, and Mrs. Weera took the first 2 full buckets, and went to clean up Mother. I kept hauling water to the point where my arms were sore! I was so thirsty when I was done I almost drank unboiled water! since I failed at the marked we came up with a new idea.
They were going to turn me into a boy. They would say I was from Jalalabad, and I would wear Hossain's clothes, and I got my hair cut! I did want Nooria to get her hair cut, but it wouldn't work out. DON'T TELL ANYBODY I AM DISGUISED AS A BOY!!!!! First I went shopping for nan and tea, and nobody bothered me :). I was scared at first, but I got over it.
I took over your letter reading job to get money for food. I would be called "Kaseem". One time a Talib asked me to read a letter, and I learned the Taliban have feelings just like us.
Mrs. Weera moved in and we all decided on something. Nooria watches Ali and Maryam, Mother and Mrs. Weera work on a project, and I go to work to earn money. Once I got to take Maryam to the tap!
At one point I ran into my classmate Shauzia!
She was disguised as a Tea boy, to earn money for her family, just like me! We were talking on the way home, and stuff. We decided to create a school for women. I'm sorry father, I have to go.

From, Parvana.

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amber

11/4/2015 12:22:58 pm

dear father a few days later i turned into a boy.because we cant go out with out a man.so every day i go out and read and write.i go out and by food for the family.i saved money for trys.and so i made a liddle more money.this lady from the window keeps giveing me clues.where the sell.parvava

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Ms. Wescott

11/4/2015 12:44:49 pm

Dear Father,

A lot has changed since you've been gone. Mother and I tried to get you out of prison, but obviously failed. I ran into Mrs. Weera at the market one day and she has come to live with us. I have cut my hair very short so that I can disguise myself as a boy. This has allowed me to be able to continue your reading and writing services at the market. I hate to tell you this, but I also spent some time digging up bones in a cemetery. It was a dark time and the images still haunt me, but it was worth three times the pay of working at the market. I made enough money to buy a tray to sell things from, so I was able to quit that terrifying job. I've been doing my best to keep our family going while you've been away. It's been exhausting most days, but I've also enjoyed some of my freedoms as a boy. Nooria is going to be married. Mother, Nooria, and the others left for Mazar today. I now feel a deep sadness. No one in my family is left. I hope you can come back soon! I miss you dearly.

Your Little Malali,
Parvana

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Stephen

11/4/2015 01:05:18 pm

I miss you, Nooria is getting married,Nooria's wedding is going to be in Mazar,We will try to get you somehow,I met one of my classmates,Life has been alright so far,Me and Shauzia are digging up bones to raise money for the family.Love u Father

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Isaiah.G.

11/4/2015 01:11:30 pm

Stephen I really like your letter and I agree with you.

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Nick F.

11/4/2015 01:08:08 pm

Dear Father,
I have a job to make money for the famuly and I am a boy now becas so i can make go out and buy food and larya is geting mared

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Stephen

11/4/2015 01:09:33 pm

Nice job nick keep up the good work

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nadea

11/4/2015 01:13:41 pm

nice job NICK BOII

Stephen

11/4/2015 01:13:52 pm

you did good on everything but work on spelling

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Jerece

11/4/2015 01:16:32 pm

work on periods

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Isaiah.G.

11/4/2015 01:10:03 pm

Dear Father,

Life without you has changed so much,I don't even know where to start.Well first of all Mrs.Weera,my old gym teacher,moved in after i ran into her at the market.Later they disguised me as a boy,my new name is Kaseem.I started taking your place in the market,and I ran into another girl from my class,but she's disguised as a boy too.Then we dug bones up and sold them to the bone broker for 2 weeks.After that we got enough money for trays,so we walk around Kabul's marketand sell things.So one friday we saw the stadium open so we went to sell at the stadium and we saw the talib cut one hand off a few theives.Then one I came home and learned that Nooria's getting married,right now Ali,Mother,Maryam,and Nooria are in Mazar for Nooria's wedding
Scincerely
Parvana

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conner

11/4/2015 01:14:16 pm

Nice details keep it up

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Nadea Woods

11/4/2015 01:10:14 pm

Dear Father,

So much has happened since you got aressted so far a ladie from a window has been droping all kids of things down on me.
Mother,and Nooria and the rest has went on to Mazar because Nooria is getting married and her and mother will be back in a little while. Also i am staying with Mrs.Weera until you come back home and I really didnt want to tell you this but me and a friend of mine from back at school has been digging bones and thats the only thing i can do to keep our family good and happy,We miss you and want you here with me.

LOVE,parvanna

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conner

11/4/2015 01:10:50 pm

Dear Father
Life has been really hard. I had to dress up like a boy so we can get money. I've seen bones from graves because I had to make money and now nooria is getting married, but I stayed home so if you came home I would be there

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Adam

11/4/2015 01:13:32 pm

I really liked it when you ended it

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Adam

11/4/2015 01:11:31 pm

Dear Father,

I miss you. A lot has changed since you have gone.For example,because the Taliban took you away I had to disguise myself as a boy. I met my friend from school,Shauzia. we went to a soccer to sell gum and cigarettes but it wasn't really a soccer game. the Taliban cut off six thieves hands. Nooria is going to get married. mother,her,and the little ones went to mazar. Now I live with Mrs.weera

Sincerely,Parvana

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Isaiah.G.

11/4/2015 01:13:16 pm

Good job Adam keep up the good work

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Analeigha

11/4/2015 01:12:26 pm

Dear father, We all have been missing you dearly. Life has been tough ever since you were arrested! Nooria Is getting married!! The wedding is In Mazar, out of Taliban territory. Mother, Ali and Maryam have gone along with Nooria to Mazar. They will be back in late september. Now its just me, Mrs.weera and her Grandchild. Im a boy now!! Mother and Mrs. weera had a crazy idea or turning me into a boy so I can provide food and supplies to Survive! I cut my hair, And wear Hosains clothes. I Read and write letters to people! I bumped into my old friend, Shauzia at the market!! She was dressed as a tea boy! I hate to tell you this but, we began bone digging. we dont do it anymore,but it payed a lot at the time. we Raised enough money to buy trays to sell things on such as, cigarettes, gum, dried fruit and matches. Before mother left, we tried to get you from tail, but failed. We were beaten by the Taliban.
I hope you come back soon! miss you.
Sincerely,
Parvana

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stanley

11/4/2015 01:12:57 pm

dear father

Ever sense you tot taken away the family sat at home until we ran out of food so Nooria told me to go to e the market an get some food

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stanley

11/4/2015 01:18:22 pm

i accidently posted it

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Jerece .E

11/4/2015 01:12:58 pm

Dear Father

Since you have been gone Mother has decided to cut of my here. When she cut off my hair she told me to go out to the market and work for the family .One day i ran into this lady named Mrs.Weera. She came home with me and have been helping Mother get through you being in jail also Nooria is getting married in Mazar they left today.

Your baby
Parvana

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Isaiah T.

11/4/2015 01:13:07 pm

Dear Father,

life has been very different since you left. I had to dig up bones from graves to get some extra money for a tray to sell stuff for some money because reading letters wasn't enough and it was to boring without you. I have seen people get their hands cut off by the Taliban and then on of the gaurds put them on a rope and shook them in the air like it was a trophy. On the better side of things Nooria is getting married,i bumbed into mrs.Weera at the market and shes staying here for a while she had the idea to even dress me up as a boy so i could work and get money.

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Cedric

11/4/2015 01:13:14 pm

Dear Father,

Life has been very different since youv'e been gone. One thing that has changed is that I have to dress up as a boy to earn money for the family in the market. Next, Norria is getting married, not to mention mrs.Wera is living with us and now as I right this letter to you mom, Norria, Ali, and Maryum are off and are going to the wedding. I feel like my life is a roller coaster. First, you get taken away then I have to pretend I'm a boy then Norria is getting married. But on the bright side I met my friend from school shauzia. She works as a tea boy. The second to last thing I have to tell you is that a lady in a window is throwing thing down on and i don't know what to do. lastly mom is getting her news papers published.

your favorite daughter: Parvana

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cedric

11/4/2015 01:14:42 pm

I know I missed some parts have to go

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johnathon

11/4/2015 01:14:03 pm

Nooria is getting married, i found one of my friends from school, me adn her work together,we dug up bones and made more money than we made in three days, we went to a soccer game and saw their get their hands off.

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charlie

11/4/2015 01:14:31 pm

Dear Father,

It's been a while since we talked,but a lot has happened.After you were aressted I found an old friend,Shouzia and we went to the cemetary to dig up bones for money.We also bought trays and are selling ciggarets and gum .We thought it would be a good idea to sell them at a soccer game but it wasen't a soccer game the taliban would take out prisoners and cut off one off there hands.When I got home I told mother about it.

love parvana

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Claire

11/4/2015 01:14:31 pm

Dear Father,
I miss you very much! I want you to come home. I'm feeling goodish, I'm nervous for Nooria. Nooria has gone off with Mother and the others, to go and get married. I'm staying at home with Mrs.Weera. I have cut my hair and I dress like a boy and read and write letters. While I'm at work Mrs.Weera stays at home to teach girls. I make just enough now! Mrs.Weera even lets me keep some pocket money. There is a weird woman who is droping me little gifts. I also sell things on a tray. That pays well. Shauzia and i do that together! Once we thought that there was a soccer game so we went in to sell things. But it was really the Talib cutting off "thieves" hands. I was scared then. Mother started a magizine.

love a lot,
Parvana

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Timmy

11/4/2015 01:14:31 pm

Dear Father,
A lot has happpen now that you are gone.First Mrs.Weera and i ran into each other at the market later she came in to live with us.Now i am dress up like a boy and i have to go out and work there is a woman who lives in a house were i am working and she drops small gifts out of her window for me.I seen on of my friends from school and she is a team boy,she told me another good way to make lots of money by digging up bones.We did that for a while until we could buy some trays sorry father got to run.
Love Parvana

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Kennedy

11/4/2015 01:15:01 pm

Dear Father,
I miss you so much, and I wish I could see you again. Mother and I tried to get you out of prison, but our plan obviously failed. Life as been very strange ever since you were taken away to prison. I found Mrs. Weera in the market, and now she has moved in with us, along with her grandchild, to help us get by. You may not recognize me if you see me in the market. I have cut my hair, and now wear Hosains cloths, to make me the boy in the family. I don't mind it to much, I like to walk around the market, and talk to people I have never met.I gather the food, and money for us, so so we get by. I found my friend Shauza , and she was pretending to be a tea boy, and now we sell things off of trays together. We got the money by digging up graves, and the thought of it still haunts me.I have seen so many things that I wish you could have helped me through. I saw what the Talib did to the prisinors, and I hope that they don't put you through so much pain.I am doing fine, but I miss you so very much. Nooria is getting married, I got to go. I will send you another letter soon

love you always,
your little Parvana

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amira

11/4/2015 01:15:29 pm

Dear father

You have miss out of whats been happening out here in Kabul. well i have been working in the market because we need money so my mother cut my hair short so i could look like a boy and dress up like a boy and one day i as sitting on the blanket at the market and some random tea boy fell and i looked at the tea boy and it was actually my friend shauzia . we were in the same class and same school . when i saw her i told her what are you doing here she said she is trying to earn some money for her family . after that she ask me if she wants me and her to work together and i said sure gotta go dad love parvana im so sorry i didnt finish i ran out time

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Jack

11/4/2015 01:17:01 pm

Dearest Father,

A lot has happened since you have left. You will never guess... Nooria's Getting married!!! She is moving out of Kabul and out of Taliban teritory. I've actually formed a bond with her. I never realized we had a connection. I've always thought she was just a bossy jerk.
Now it's just me here in the apartment. Oh! And Mrs. Weera, I ran into her at the marketplace. Now she has brought our family back together. Closer than ever before. I'm dressing up as a boy too. That's how our family is getting food and water. Speaking of which, i'm not the only one in kabul who is dressing as a boy. A girl from my class is doing that too. Father, I have to run to get water. There's so much more I need to tell you! But that's for a different letter Bye father! Your little Malali, Parvana.

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Halim

11/4/2015 01:17:01 pm

Dear Father,

Everything has happened since you've been gone. I'll start from the beginning.

When you first left the house, Mother and i tried to get you out of prison, we didn't get you out before the prison guards made us leave.
When we got home, Mother wouldn't move from the toshak and wouldn't say anything but grumble. When we finally ran out of food, i took charge and went out into the market, I ordered food. When i got the nan bread, a Taliban saw me and I ran.
As i ran, I bumped into Mrs.Weera. I told her that you were gone and that Mother was home. She followed me home as she carried her grandson to our apartment.
When i brought the food home, i never had the chance to get the rest of the food, all i got was the tea, rice, and bread, but we ate it for then. At night, Mother and Mrs.Weera talked and by the morning, the told me they were going to change me into a boy.
Mother cut my hair and got me some of Hossains clothes, so i finally set back out into the market to get the rest of the food. As being a boy, I feel so much more free going out into the market by myself.
Since I was dressed as a boy, if anyone asked who I was, I had to say that I was Kaseem my cousin and was here because you were away and I had come to care for the family.
I worked on what you had been doing in the market, same place as well. There was a window from the apartments nearby that had a lady in there that tossed some small things out every now and then, I wonder what shes trying to say. I had also bumped into my old girl classmate, she was dressed as a boy and her job was a tea boy. We talked for a while and she found a job that we could do for a while to earn extra money, i didn't like it though, we had to dig up bones and I hated every single second of it. When we finally had some money saved up, we bought some trays and some things to put on it. Father i cannot finish this because I have to go there's something wrong. I am really sorry Father I have to go. I will write back and finish this later, bye.

Your Loving Daughter,
Parvana

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Katlynn

11/4/2015 01:17:21 pm

Dear Father,

things at home have been bad since you went to jal. mom made me disguise myself as a boy .she cut my hair like a boy. I have to go. Love you father. Parvana

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Belkisa

11/4/2015 01:17:39 pm

Dear Father,
I miss you terribly.I miss your soft snoring that makes me feel safe at night fall.A lot has happened since the Taliban took you from us,Mother turned me into a boy so I can help the family.I sell stuff and read letters at are spot.I was sitting one day when a Taliban came to me and ask me to read a letter to him.I finished the letter as I noticed a tear fall into his beard and left.I once mistook a man for you as I was selling cigarettes.I meet Shauzia while she dropped tea all over the blanket,she is also hiding as a boy since her father died.Me and Shauzia dug up bones and sold them! I got twice as much as I get payed.A woman drops little gifts for me down a black window.A Man yelled and screamed through the window.I went home to tell Mother,but they had new first Nooria is getting married.She will move to Mazar,but I will stay and wait for you.Since I have turned into a boy I were Hossain's clothes instead of the burqa.It feels good to fell free.
Your Malali

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Alaina

11/4/2015 01:17:40 pm

Dear father,
So much has happened since you have left home.Mother and I tried to come get you out of jail,as a result we got beaten by a Taliban.No one is able to go get food and water for us now that you are gone,so I cut my hair and wear Hussiam's clothes to go to the market to buy food and earn money for us to survive.I saw Mrs.Weera in the market and now she lives with us and helps out with the family.I became a bone digger and now work with my friend from school Shauzia who used to dress up as a tea boy.Now we sell gum and cigarettes on trays.It pays much better than reading and writing letters.That's all I can write to you know I hope to see you soon.
With lots of love,care,and hope,
Parvana

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